Edinburgh International Festival 2011 programme keeps an eye on the East

This article is from 2011.

Philip Glass, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle also to appear

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra raise the curtain of the 2011 Edinburgh International Festival in style this year with a performance Robert Schumann’s exotic musical Das Paradies und die Peri, one highlight from an EIF programme that boasts acts from China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan and beyond.

Dance strand highlights include the European Premiere of The Peony Pavilion by the National Ballet of China, Korea’s Princess Bari, Scottish Ballet’s New Work (2011) from choreographer Jorma Elo, and the much anticipated Re-Triptych from New York based choreographer Shen Wei.

In theatre, Shakespeare is re-imagined courtesy of Contemporary Legend Theatre in one man show King Lear, while elsewhere The Tempest is transported to 5th century Korea, with adaptation and direction from Tae-Suk Oh. Also look out too for The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan, a Chinese translation of Hamlet. Elsewhere, Stephen Earnhart directs and co-writes the much anticipated stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s extraordinary The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

Strauss’s gorgeous score compliments Die Frau ohne Schatten in the Opera strand, with further highlights in Music including performances by BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Philadelphia Orchestra, Ravi Shankar and The Philip Glass Ensemble, who will perform music from the Qatsi trilogy of films at screenings.

Finally, this year’s Visual Arts programme, in partnership with the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, comes courtesy of Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto.

The EIF runs from 12 Aug–4 Sep, various venues, Edinburgh; for full programme details see www.eif.co.uk.

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This article is from 2011.

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Bringing world-class arts to the capital since 1947, the EIF sets the standard for classical concerts, opera, dance and theatre, with performers this year drawn from Australia, America, Russia, Japan, Europe and the Middle East. Already announced for 2012 are two innovative adaptations of Shakespeare: TR Warszawa’s 2007: Macbeth and Dmitry Krymov’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (As You Like It). And in Britain's Olypmic summer Edinburgh’s iconic mountain, Arthur’s Seat, is to be spectacularly… View full details and ticket info
9 Aug–2 Sep Times vary	Various venues, Edinburgh

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